by hiabx | Dec 23, 2019 | 1990's, Blog
(The following text is an excerpt from a collection of memoirs I am currently writing. 1st draft) The news that William Sinnott of the band the Shamen, had drowned in a tragic swimming accident off the shores of La Gomera in the Canary Islands, hit me like a tonne of...
by hiabx | Jun 20, 1986 | 1980's
June 1986 Alex and Graham came strolling into the dining hall and sat at the table while Antonia and I quietly ate our pack lunches. They seemed to be on something as they kept saying “A weeshker-neeshker”, talk to them about anything, A-weeshker-neeshker was the...
by hiabx | Mar 20, 1986 | 1980's, AutoBio
March 1986 David O’Callaghan lent me a really cool tape today called ‘Please’ by an ace new group called The Pet Shop Boys. It’s well-smart. The tape is recorded with Dolby Digital and starts with these digital bleeps, so futuristic! All the songs are made with...
by hiabx | Feb 20, 1985 | 1980's, AutoBio
February 1985 Theres this new song out called 19 by Paul Hardcastle, its about the Vietnam war and has this brill voice saying “N-n-n-n-Nineteen” Me and Jamie are mad about it and both bought it, though Jamie bought the twelve Inch and I only bought the seven inch...
by hiabx | Aug 20, 1981 | 1970's, AutoBio
August 1981. Today I was round Nanny’s house, I was looking at her Sun newspaper while she was cooking in the kitchen. I opened a page and saw the werewolf from the new film American Werewolf in London. I couldn’t stop looking at the picture even though it scared me,...
by hiabx | May 20, 1979 | 1970's, AutoBio
May 1979 I was sitting up late watching Film 79 presented by Barry Norman. He showed a clip of a film called Alien, there was this man in a tunnel and a dot was chasing him while a woman was starting to cry. The music was really scary and the dot was getting closer to...
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